About me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Copernicus Institute of sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. I am also a Visiting Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading.

I have a Laurea in Sociology (2002) from the University of Milan-Bicocca, an MSc in Environmental Economics and Management (2003) from Bocconi University in Milan, and a PhD (2010) from the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich.

I was awarded the CHANS Fellowship in 2012 for my "promising contribution to the field of Coupled Human and Natural Systems" (CHANS). I am a member of the Board of Latin America Programme (LATINAMERIKA) at the Research Council of Norway, and of the Board of the European Farming System Association (IFSA). I am a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, a member of the International Society of Ecological Economics, an Associate Editor of Palgrave Communications, and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Interdisciplinary Climate Studies), and a reviewer for Research Councils UK, the Leverhulme Trust, Routledge, Pearson, and several journals including Human Ecology, Ecological Economics, Ecology and Society, World Development, and Environmental Impact Assessment Review.